Recent content by 6door74

That's a relief to hear that. We came to the conclusion that the owners must have stopped caring when they decided they were going to sell and just covered up things to look nice while on the market. I can't complain too much because that did help in getting the house for under list price...

The picture with the red circle is from the inspection report when we were in contract. The other (much clearer/present day) pictures with the downspout going underground is what I had done to fix it.

got it. I actually had that put in. I believe "my guy" dug down about 2-3ft and then had the pipe go towards the trees

Just to clarify.... Measure how far the black connector is from the bottom of the siding?

How the downspout in the 1st 2 pictures from post #8 was

That downspout does go underground and comes out by the tree line going downhill. That was the worst downspout when we got the house and what was probably the biggest cause of the hole along the foundation from my original post. I'll try to find the pictures from my home insoection so you could...

Thanks for all. The help and responses. Here's a few more pictures to give you an idea of what I'm working with. We did not get any building plans and the inspector really only made note of the crack, it's size, and to keep an eye out to see if it gets worse/consider consulting an engineer for...

Thank you very much. what i was talking about in building with 6x6 i guess is similar to a wall. the way it was suggested sounded like i would be boxing in the new raised soil. i picture something like a planter but again, solely for separating the new raised area of soil against the...

Good evening, I'm a new homeowner and have found many unfortunate surprises that the previous homeowner appears to have merely covered up. During our home inspection, the inspector made note of an obvious issue outside the house pertaining to the landscaping around the perimeter of the house...